CVE-2022-42721

Description

A list management bug in BSS handling in the mac80211 stack in the Linux kernel 5.1 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by local attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to corrupt a linked list and, in turn, potentially execute code.

References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless.git/commit/?id=bcca852027e5878aec911a347407ecc88d6fff7f

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204060

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/13/5

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GGHENNMLCWIQV2LLA56BJNFIUZ7WB4IY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VNN3VFQPECS6D4PS6ZWD7AFXTOSJDSSR/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/S2KTU5LFZNQS7YNGE56MT46VHMXL3DD2/

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5257

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0090-1.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230203-0008/

Details

CVSS v3